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Wall Street already loves ChatGPT. Now OpenAI is doubling down.56m ago Anthropic reveals rogue AI agents hate CAPTCHAs, just like you33m ago Cognition Adds Dioxus Team to Advance Devin Coding Agent33m ago Anthropic Details Disrupted Claude Misuse Across Seven Harm Areas38m ago India’s Pocket FM doubles revenue run rate to $500M as AI powers 93% of audio content42m ago Andrew Tulloch, Poster Child for Out-of-Control AI Spending, Reportedly Quits Meta45m ago Build more natural voice experiences with GPT‑Live‑1 in the API55m ago Microsoft patches a record 974 flaws, and two are already under attack58m ago T. Rowe Price Expands Claude Across Investment Teams and Developers1h ago Val Bercovici, Chief AI Officer at WEKA – Interview Series1h ago Ben Jennings on the Bayeux tapestry – cartoon1h ago The latest Avatar: Seven Havens trailer gives us a deeper dive into the characters and story1h ago Agentic AI Is The New Attack Surface: How Can SAP Application Security Teams Repel It?1h ago Pony.ai Starts Fully Driverless Robotaxi Passenger Tests in Zagreb1h ago

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At an ex-OpenAI researcher's influential lab, $500,000 salaries aren't enough to fix a talent 'bottleneck'

Business InsiderPublished Aug 2, 2026

Beth Barnes, former OpenAI researcher and CEO of nonprofit METR, highlights a critical shortage of AI research talent despite offering salaries up to $503,000. METR collaborates with major AI firms to evaluate rapidly advancing AI capabilities, but the talent bottleneck threatens the pace of AI development and safety research.

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